FrameThrower · Actors · Sacha Pitoëff
Sacha Pitoëff
3 films · 162 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1961–1980
Born 11 March 1920 · Genève, Switzerland · died 21 July 1990
Sacha Pitoëff was a Swiss-born French actor and stage director.
Pitoëff was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 March 1920, the son of Russian-born parents Ludmilla (née Smanova) and Georges Pitoëff. Both of his parents were born in the city of Tbilisi (in modern-day Georgia), then a part of the Russian Empire. The Pitoëffs were prominent actors in France, Georges was a founding member of the Cartel des Quatre (Group of Four), a group including Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, and Gaston Baty, dedicated to rejuvenating the French theatre.
Sacha graduated from Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 162 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sacha takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Sacha takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
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